Album Sales predictions-What do you think?

[DLR'sCock]

Well, he said it came from industry insiders, whatever....that doesn't bother me....i am sure there is some truth to that.......and yeah i know he is a hagar fan, but usually when i have listened to his show recently and it's been random, he plays a tune off of the new album, which is more than most other DJs and stations do....

[ELVIS]

Well, they sold a hell of a lot of tickets and they have a small band and no stage show...

If its economics, someone ripped them off...

[ELVIS]

That or the piped in bass parts are prohibitively expensive...

[SunisinuS]

Ok, I heard Stay Frosty on WDHA once two weeks ago.

I heard Stay Frosty today on my ride home. "New Van Halen" was said....and I think it held up well in the rotation.

[ELVIS]

Held up well ??

It fried all the other songs !!

[DLR'sCock]

If you can't wrap your head around the possibility and all of the factors involved then it's not even worth discussing...


Ok, let's give the real reason, Dave needed to get his hair fixed, and everyone knows that would take months and months to do.....so the band is just going to secretly replace dave with hagar and hope nobody notices....

yaaaaaaaawnnnnnn

[DLR'sCock]

I heard Stay Frosty today on my ride home. "New Van Halen" was said....and I think it held up well in the rotation.

I'm just glad the new album get's "some" play...........but we all know it deserves so much more....most people i have turned onto the album really like it....

[ELVIS]

Hopefully he's getting his voice fixed...

Fuck his hair and his hula dance...

[DLR'sCock]

I hope he takes the time to seriously address it, and I hope some people around him who he trusts[aside from the band] are honest with him about the issues, and that he looks into getting a really really great coach and do everything possible to strengthen it properly with the right kinds of vocal exercises and warm ups.......if you do the right thing, over time it really does help....

[loucap81]

But what albums are really even promoted any more? Walk through Best Buy or Walmart and maybe....maybe see a small stand promoting 1 album. But more than not it's a stand of new releases or hot music. Not like the GOOD old days of Sam Goody, Wherehouse Records, Tower Records, etc when you would walk in and they would have monstrous displays for the new album. I really don't frequent any music sites or magazines so I don't know what type of banners or ads they might have run for this.

Related to your point, where do you even find CD's anymore? A couple of FYE stores in my area closed up. I don't know if the company is going out of business completely but they're sure headed that way. And as far as I know they're the last brick and mortar devoted solely to entertainment out there. Best Buy is going down as well, with the likes of Walmart, Costco and of course amazon.com outdoing them on just about everything. I've read stuff on the internet that bluRay might have a limited life as well as more people gravitate towards streaming. Bottom line is, most people don't want or care about physical media, other than the playing device itself. It's not worth the effort or the cost to them. So you're left with only the truest of die-hards who are happy to spend the money to support the band, and care about the packaging and artwork and all that stuff.

Maybe this should be discussion for a separate thread but I don't even know how smaller scale bands are able to turn a profit and keep going honestly. They're not going to make much if anything off albums. So they're down to other merchandise and touring. But I don't see how they make money on touring either. Let's say you have a small band that plays to an average crowd of 500 people per show, and charges $20 for admission, if that. If the gross revenue is $10,000, after factoring in all the costs the artists can't be left with very much, if they're even making money at all.

[ZahZoo]

If you can't wrap your head around the possibility and all of the factors involved then it's not even worth discussing...

If the "economics" referenced boil down to repeating regional large markets and secondary market shows competing against the summer tours of several double billed major rock acts in a depressed economy... thus leaving VH with a not so rosy financial outlook... then yes, "economics" makes very logical sense. Anythings else would be suspect...

[vaijuju]

It was in June in EU

Top selling 2012 releases:
01 - 844,000 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
02 - 739,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
03 - 694,000 - NOW 41 - Various
04 - 517,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
05 - 508,000 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
06 - 475,000 - MDNA - Madonna
07 - 407,000 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
08 - 388,000 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
09 - 388,000 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
10 - 332,000 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES

[vaijuju]

UPDATE (thanks 75KL from vhlinks)

Best selling rock albums for 2012.
For some of these like coldplay and black keys they are not including 2011 slaes
1. Gotye Making Mirrors 538,000
2. Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball 425,000
3. The Black Keys El Camino 424,000
4. Coldplay Mylo Xyloto 415,000
5. Soundtrack The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 & Beyond 402,000
6. Van Halen A Different Kind of Truth 395,000
7. John Mayer Born & Raised 382,000
8. fun. Some Nights 373,000
9. Jack White Blunderbuss 324,000
10. Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts 309,000
*SOURCE: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN,
year to date sales through the week ending July 1, 2012

[chi-town324]

right behind John Mayer...good lord

[ELVIS]

How the FUCK is Gotye considered rock ??